MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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